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- Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:00 am
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: Time around the world (Tell us what time it is and what you’re doing at this very moment)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 28334
Re: Time around the world (Tell us what time it is and what you’re doing at this very moment)
It's 01:55 AM HOL time and here it's 03:55 AM. I usually don't sleep at this time. I'm at home and I plan to have macaroni for dinner which is yet to come. I'll go to sleep in 3 hours or so, now I'm watching mysterious videos on YouTube. Maybe not a good idea because my mother's already asleep :D bu...
- Sun Sep 17, 2017 7:37 pm
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: Where Do You Live?
- Replies: 963
- Views: 398228
Re: Where Do You Live?
I live in the northwest part of Russia. I've been born in a big city and studied in another but my true home is in the little town where I live since I was 5 and I'm living there now.
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 3:59 am
- Forum: Book Talk
- Topic: Book Reading Challenges
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10015
Re: Book Reading Challenges
I'm not really familiar with international challenges so the information that I write is probably useless... but still. I've participated in such a thing that was organised in a community on one of the Russian blogging sites. Each year they hold a challenge and the organizers always come up with som...
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:10 am
- Forum: Book Talk
- Topic: How Many Books Do You Read Per Year
- Replies: 286
- Views: 116421
Re: How Many Books Do You Read Per Year
I usually read a lot of fanfiction but I read almost no books. This year however, I've read 6 books in a month in my trip to the sea. Books are good when there's no internet
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:46 am
- Forum: Harry Potter Talk
- Topic: No! Don't kill them! (Character you cried over most)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 30548
Re: No! Don't kill them! (Character you cried over most)
I haven't reread the books for a while but I'm rewatching the movies right now (and watched the 4th movie for the first time). And the death that saddens me most is Sirius. I think it is the moment when Harry gives up on his happy future whatsoever. Maybe he was a bit naive and didn't know the whole...
- Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:19 am
- Forum: Book Talk
- Topic: Favourite Genre?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8585
Re: Favourite Genre?
I do limit myself, but it's more like I can't read anything but for fantasy and science fiction. It's been like this for a long time, and I rarely break this rule because I'm not interested in anything else. 12 years ago I liked detectives as well and I've read a lot of detectives for children and e...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:45 am
- Forum: TV Talk
- Topic: Doctor Who!
- Replies: 86
- Views: 54385
Re: Doctor Who!
In general, I like Dr Who! But my favourite seasons were those with 9 and 10 Doctors. After 10th rebirth, I stopped watching for a year or more. Then I returned and the first episodes with 11th and Amy were wonderful, I was really surprised how much I liked them. Even though I didn't particularly li...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:34 am
- Forum: TV Talk
- Topic: The Big Bang Theory
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9857
Re: The Big Bang Theory
I liked this show a lot when it just started and then I stopped watching it when it started to be more of a typical comedy about relationships rather than a comedy about science. I watched 5 or 6 seasons and the last one I watched with big pauses and only when there was nothing else to do. My favour...
Re: Supergirl
Wow. I watched only one episode of Supergirl and I remember being very impressed and then I decided that I should definitely watch the others and forgot about it completely. I'd say it is impressive but not very deep, but maybe it becomes deeper later. I'm not a big fan of movies and series in gener...
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 3:44 am
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: Dystopias and Similar
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9070
Re: Dystopias and Similar
I liked dystopias even before I knew what they are, and it's one of my favourite plots in books (and films and anime). For example, one of my favourite animes "Toward Terra" has such a plot, as does the famous book "Hungry Games" (even though I'm not really into it, and I didn't read the other books...
- Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:10 pm
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: Film/TV Adaptations
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9495
Re: Film/TV Adaptations
I'm almost always disappointed by the film if I've read the book. So when my favourite books get adapted, I'm excited and frustrated at the same time. :D There were several films which I liked (for example, Harry Potter and that film about Narnia where they travel by sea). I also like adaptations of...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:42 am
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: Do authors write stories, or do they write themselves?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3247
Re: Do authors write stories, or do they write themselves?
Well. First of all, I think that it is much easier to continue a story than it is to start and finish it correctly. If the author knows the characters well, the story might be endless, finishing only with their death, and there is no way to stop the characters that want to tell their stories unless ...
- Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:08 am
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: Does Magic Last?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6793
Re: Does Magic Last?
First of all, I wouldn't say that I'm a HP fan. Of course I like the books, and I've reread them a lot of times, and I watched all the films except the 4th (the disc with it that my mother's friend gave us had so low quality that we weren't able to see anything and then we gave up, and it somehow di...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:40 pm
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: Whose Stone is it Anyway?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9270
Re: Whose Stone is it Anyway?
Wow. To be honest, I didn't know about that. In my country, it was Philosopher's Stone, and I didn't see any discussions connected to this fact. I think that even young children might have heard about the Philosopher's Stone before reading the book, it is common knowledge and people often tell this ...
- Fri Sep 09, 2016 3:56 pm
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: Ctrl + V
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17975
Re: Ctrl + V
I don't know if I'm allowed to post links here so I won't, but there was a link that I sent to my friend. We play a game together and sometimes it allowes you to send a link to another person who also plays the game so thart they can get a little bonus.
- Thu Sep 24, 2015 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Great Hall
- Topic: What Is In A Name?
- Replies: 1292
- Views: 521617
Re: What Is In A Name?
Seems like I didn't answer here even though I thought I did. :huh: Inari is a lake in Finland, and Hanna is a common Finnish name. When I make up a nickname, I usually use Finnish or Swedish names because Scandinavian culture is closer to me than many others and I learned Finnish and Swedish in the ...
- Fri Aug 21, 2015 5:27 pm
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: Your *real* Character
- Replies: 863
- Views: 333452
Re: Your *real* Character
Name: Ekaterina Age: 23 B-Day date: 17.04 (it's not the real date but I kinda feel uncomfortable when a lot of people know the real date, dunno why) Personality: I'm rather shy and reserved and not very initiative and I can never talk to strangers first. But whenever I really like a person, I start ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:57 am
- Forum: HOL 101
- Topic: HOL 101 Introductions
- Replies: 45
- Views: 31416
Hello, I'm Hanna Inari, 1st year Hufflepuff. I'm here for a year already so I don't actually remember how I found out about HOL... maybe there was a link in one of our magic schools' web magazines or something like that. This term I'm taking 5 classes: HOL 101: An Orientation, HOL Quidditch, Palmist...
- Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Great Hall
- Topic: The Topic For Introductions!
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 592946
Hello, I'm Hanna and I've just joined HOL. I hope that'll be a wonterful experience as there are so many interesting classes that I can't even choose which I like toe most. And I think there are lots of interesting people as well so feel free to add me to friends and to write me a message. I'm quite...